ANARCHY RIFE.
"The Times.' LONDON, February 17. Delayed Petrograd telegrams disclose that terrible fighting is in progress, and there are many fluctuating battles in Finland and Ukrainia. Russian guard&hips seized 3,000 Finns who were returning home from Germany, and handed them over to the Red Guards. Crimes of all sorts are increasing in' Petrograd and other cities, and lawlessness is extending to many country districts. The latest robberies includo that of the Russian Patriarch's gol dplate, jewelled missals, and mitres at Moscow, valued at £3,000,000. The Dutch Ambassador at Petrograd was seized and robbed. Armed bands are robbing tho post offices. Peasants at Dankoff looted landowners' houses and then fought over the division of the lands. LONDON, February 17. The first telegram from Petrograd since February 6 shows that street shooting is the order of the day, especially after nightfall, -when the absence of lights favors the hooligans: There is much pillaging and many havo been killed and wounded.
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Evening Star, Issue 16662, 19 February 1918, Page 3
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159ANARCHY RIFE. Evening Star, Issue 16662, 19 February 1918, Page 3
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